The State of the World by DugglebyB

Champion(s):

MyrowitzJ
The smartest part of me will always be my ass.


Runner(s)-Up:

minarik15


Quiz Description

This is a quiz dealing entirely with modern affairs. Anything goes, really, so long as it's a phenomenon that has been important relatively recently or a situation that is still accurate today.

Full Results:

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1 MyrowitzJ 541 98 15
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2 minarik15 417 95 00
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3 Moland-KovashS 399 91 15
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3 WangS 399 91 00
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5 IrwinK 384 86 15
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6 GrahamJ 349 83 00
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7 EdwardsT 336 80 00
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8 LanceJ 334 77 00
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9 RichmondJ 301 75 00
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10 BeningoS 281 72 15
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11 MatthewsP 280 69 00
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12 KonkelT 272 64 15
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12 Vicun-YAH 272 64 00
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15 PolinskyL 250 57 00
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18 MewettR 194 48 00
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19 GoodmanDL 182 44 00
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23 Matto 162 33 00
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31 JacobyJ 69 10 00
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32 milton 65 7 00
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Questions:

Pertamina is the only corporation from what country to appear in Fortune's 2016 Global 500?

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Indonesia

Hollywood Park, a horse racing track and casino in Inglewood, CA, will soon be replaced by what?

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the new Los Angeles Rams stadium complex

Name all three Canadian provinces that border Montana.

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Alberta; British Columbia; Saskatchewan

Who is the current president and COO of Nintendo of America? His body is ready.

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Reggie Fils-Aimé

Coahuila, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas. Which one of these three Mexican states does not border the United States?

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Sinaloa

What is the architectural and political concept of building permanent offshore residences outside the jurisdiction of any government? Notable advocates for this concept include Peter Thiel.

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seasteading

Creve Coeur and Ladue are two wealthy suburbs of what major U.S. city?

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St. Louis

Name both of these fine gentlemen.

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Fetty Wap; Martin Shkreli

Who is the leader of the UK's Labour Party?

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Jeremy Corbyn

Haswell is the fourth generation of Intel processor microarchitecture. Broadwell is the fifth. What is the sixth?

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Skylake

Ferrari World is a theme park on Yas Island in what city?

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Abu Dhabi

What president of Uzbekistan died on September 2, 2016? He led the country from its independence up until his death. (edited at 10:23 pm, September 5, 2016 (PDT))

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Islam Karimov